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Can We Talk?: Conversations In The Early Years
The conversations in this podcast will explore current and relevant topics in the early years. Together we will reflect on pedagogy, mentorship, early childhood education, professional learning, child development and parent engagement.
Can We Talk?: Conversations In The Early Years
Episode 37: A Conversation With Lorrie McGee Baird and Anne Marie Coughlin About Caring and Connecting in a Complex World
This episode is a part of a series of podcast episodes that we’re having with the presenters from our December 2023 Embracing The Early Years Professional Learning Day.
In this episode ASCY’s Nancy Baverstock and Paola Hohenadel have a deep and rich chat with Lorrie McGee Baird and Anne Marie Coughlin about the conversations, reflections and ideas they shared at the EEY PL Day, on sparking joy, investing in people and how stories are so integral to our practice.
Lorrie and Anne Marie are Pedagogical Leaders and Early Learning Mentors from Ontario. Individually they lead professional learning and pedagogical leadership for large multi-site child care organizations. Together they offer Learning Institutes across Ontario and the US that offer unique, engaging, and meaningful experiences for teachers and administrators. Lorrie and Anne Marie are co-authors of “Research on Pedagogical Leadership” for the Ontario Ministry of Education, “Think, Feel, Act” documents, and “Creating a Culture of Reflective Practice: The Role of Pedagogical Leadership in Early Childhood Programs”.